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In fact, his conception of the series was almost nothing like the final product.
It wasnt like now where characters have to change.
Dino and I go way back.
I guess years later, when he was writing the show, he remembered that I did that character.
It meant so much to me that he cared and called me.
We need more sperm and piss.
I was like, Well, we kind of did that already and now Im just exploring the characters.
To be perfectly honest, I sold him this show and then I changed it on him.
But I felt like it was the honest place to go.
I get bored too easily.
We were initially hoping it would be edgy and forward-thinking and a critique of hypocrisy, says Adsit.
Hes feeding me the wrong information again, so season three became more of that, chuckles Stamatopoulos.
You cant really go back to status quo after that hunting trip.
The writers now treated their once purely spoof characters with dignity and empathy.
There are moments where my heart broke for Orel while I was playing him, recalls Lawrence.
He touched me emotionally more than any character Ive ever played.
In fact, some Christians even came to appreciate the shows nuanced take on religion.
After the second season, she actually sat down and watched all of it, Adsit says.
Religious humor, oddly enough, because it was a religious show, was different.
It was making fun of racists more than anything.
And the abortion joke was making fun of Christians.
He had a very clear path he was going on, and it was going to free up.
Its like in a feature film.
You get to the crisis point and then you recover.
But they didnt let him recover.
He pitchedBefore Orel,a prequel of sorts, to the web connection.
I miss playing him and would like to revisit it, she says.
Can we make this happen?
But wouldMoral Oreleven fit into the dark comedic landscape of today?
Stamatopoulos thinks his creation might still be too grounded to connect with audiences were it airing today.
People want happier things, he suggests.
Monster movies started in the 30s during the Depression and they were very dark.
But once the real monsters came out, the 40s monster movies were cleaned up.
People dont like dark things in dark times.
Dark humor has to be couched in something silly and fanciful likeBoJack HorsemanorRick & Morty.
Anomalisadid not do well because that was dark on top of dark.
Its gotta have some kind of fun to it, too.
